Mario Sossi

Mario Sossi (6 February 1932-) was an Italian judge and prosecutor who was kidnapped by the Red Brigades on 18 April 1974 during his prosecution of the October 22 Group, and was released on 22 May.

Biography
Mario Sossi was born in Imperia, Liguria, Italy on 6 February 1932, and he served in the Italian Army from 1953 to 1954 and was involved with the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement. He entered the judiciary in 1957, and he was one of the prosecutors targeting the October 22 Group in 1973. On 18 April 1974, he was kidnapped by the far-left Red Brigades, and he was released on 22 May, although the Red Brigades did not achieve their goal of having the imprisoned October 22 terrorists freed. He returned to the public prosecutor's office, and he later became a member of the National Alliance, Social Action, and Forza Nuova.